This project was extremely fun. It built the basics of art by teaching balance, patience, and effort. It also founded the basics of Photoshop. To begin it we started with either 1/4 or 1/8 of a piece of square paper (1/4 in this case). The goal was to design an intricate piece of art, around the folded corner, with geometric (straight lines & shapes), organic (curves soft shapes), and a symbol to represent ourselves. The square piece is then transitioned (redrawn) onto the other folds/spaces (3 or 7 depending on the initial choice) by placing the image over a light source and tracing it. It was very important to be very exact during this process. After the image is complete it is then transferred to an unfolded square so as to get rid of the unwanted lines and blemishes (see original below for example).
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| Original Drawn Kaleidoscope |
The completed image is then taken to the dark room to create a negative of the image. A test strip of photo paper helps determine the desired exposure. Once determined, photo paper is place right side up underneath the upside-down drawing and subjected to the desired exposure of light under the enlarger with the aperture wide open. The result after the developing process is the image below.
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| The negative of the drawn Kaleidoscope. |
With the negative produced, the process can be repeated to create a positive, but the image will be scanned and put in photoshop. Once in photoshop you learn transition, selections, filters, smudging, colors and layering. This was really the funnest part of the project. After playing with Photoshop I produced the the image below.
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| The colored version of the scanned Kaleidoscope drawing. |